The Florence daily times. [volume] (Florence, S.C.) 1894-1925, April 01, 1920, Image 1
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icRIFF BURCH TO GOVERN!
ASSIST IN MARION |
MURDER MYSTERY,
Negroes Are In Marion
Suspected Of Being
Connected With Murder.
,wo
[ail
Chief Executive To Launch'
Hotel Project For
Florence.
URL-
•VELOP*
1Y.
Yto sales of great in-
Ing residence property
nounced today from the of-
lit HOUSE!
Q D Y NOT FOU v ’
preatening Letters Receiv-
by Missing Man. Negro
Admits Authorship. '
r» Axiir AOO' fl<res t,lft nargan-Harllee Realtiy
LAN vAoo an( | development. Company. The
Plans Shape Up At Meeting
Held Yesterday
Afternoon.
BOOST FOR MARKET
i
ACTIVE
— } first and March thirty-first has sold
Committees Find No Trou-; dei-gras* hpme.)oa south. <rryargan Tobacco Buyers To Be Aue
ble Raising Funds
For Banquet.
quately Cared For
In Florence.
street to D. D. Bolen, and the second
I the sale of the Sam McCall home on
I West Palmetto street to MV». Isa-
J belle Allen. The consideration for
„ i _ i, , (he two sale.- was over $26,000. Mr.
Sheriff Burch was ca.led over to. Governor Cooper may launch the HarUee ^ ^ the Dar ga n .Harllee «om-
farion one day last week to .assist campaign in Florence for a $500,000 ^ p an y states that his company alone
Sheriff Rowell tn solving the mys-j hotel, the steering committee, meet- during the period between February noon when’leading tohncAo and col j^Hy , 10 Iarnl , aiu j changiii'*
lerious disappearance of,a white isrm^ng yesterday afternoon, by nnaimpns firsthand March^^ihirty-first lias sold t0l| nM , I1 () f Florence convinied in the 1 i;;at! a i ttiin season of the year.
In most cases where property hai
Plans for the prize hoiifo
wiv definite shape yesteruuy iift*r
That the real estate market
Florence has been very active for
| the past thirty days is evident from
the records In the clerk of court of
! fire, which has recot’ded during the
1 month' of March l!t!t feal estate}
•sales and transfers.
! The total sales represent Uitnis !
ands and thousands of dollar aiiil|
| proves a most healthy financial stafei
,OUM of allairs. March Is naturally a very
riuiel inontli m me real estate world.
UP ON
Pference* Action
TodaJ
Ni|
I D A Ypi ER Y
Discussion Comes On Third Men Were
Anniversary Of \ petual
: War.
Great
The-t
&
[whom it \t as thought was murder-lvote having decided t Q extend him i which 11 has‘" heen
recorder’s court room in the city hall
changed hands It was for the piupos*-
, lug account of the affair in its issue ly and banquet to deliver the chief mice ha,s' been property located with ,|. IV Tentative plans for "permanent. ! the' time e< '
ed. The Marlon Star haiv the follow-: invltatioiV to attend the citizens ral I c j t y 0 f Florente property. The bal- and organized f ir the campaign to
lof yesterday; ' ,
The disappearance of Edwin White
address of the occasion,
Mr. J. M.
,in the county of Florence. Mr. Haiv . .
• , , a , , oi sfiiiization, capitaIr/.titioin
lee is a firm believer in Florence rea ,
Lynch, acting president , . . . ..
J ^ • estate and says there can
still a mystery, although Sheriff of the Chamber of Commerce, was sa f, }r . in( | Sl , rer investment.
■well, of Marion county, Sheriff delegated to Invite the chief execu-j
he
|rch, of Florence county and a de
Mlve have been bus? for an entire
6eii on the problem. The entire
itliln rhooc nas neon neeply arous-
Jovei the probable i‘, ie of this man
for days the whole country has
scoured.
is a lesult of the theories of the
llcers one negro man Is In jail,
/ed with having some connection
the case. Just what this con
live here for the event on behalf of \
the commlUee ami the citizenship at
large. ‘ - 1
Hopeful Cooper Coming
Every member of the committee ap
peared very hopeful Governor Coop
er will accept the invitation and lend
his Influence to tho proposition of
building for Florence an adequate
hostelry.
By the voluntary subscription of
ABOUT TO SETTLE
RUHR CONFLICT
Inonrpo-
no ration, and other details were forma
lal.d ilien.
.! M Lynch watC-elecled chairman
ui the in-ettng an.I Walter .1 John
son w«s niimed secretary,^? t
$26,OOJ Cjrporatiin j ___
Os motion of S I. S-Mzbaoher. beaTen |N MISSISSIPPI THE
t! isc preaeat determined to Incorpo- LEADERS RESUME THE
SUFFS AGAIN TURN
TOWARD DELAWARE
W. V. Parrott this morning, handed
ilon is is being withheld by the to s. 1 Sulhacher, the fund to stage
iff, who is holding his cards un |iho entertainment was put "over the
GERMAN GOVERNMEni EXTENDS
TIME OF ULTIMATUM 43
HOURS.
the table.
he letters which Mr. Whit
ived within the past year, and
Mch were of a threatening nature,
Paris, April 1.—The German gov
ernment has granted leaders of the
o and capitalize In the sum ni,
.^fl.OOO, stock to In issued in Hie de
nomination of $50 certificates, 500 in
number
FIGHT THERE.
Hover, April 1.—With the defeat of
, suffrage by the /'Mississippi iHgisla-
1‘he natne of the Florence S’rlze tore, Delaware resumed her place of
Bouse and Storage Company was sng leading interest in the fight for the
I top" at $501. With One committee not workmen's forces in the Ruhr dis
hud hiutng reported last night, a total
of $400 was reported in hand.
Committee reports were as follows:
gested tentatively by Howard Can
non.
Name Committees^
\ number of committee;; : wore ap
been cleared up and the writer J. g. Plowden and K. L. Oulla. $80;
|nd. It may develop that these |s. I. Sulthaeher and E. E. Brunson,
srs will lead to the apprehension ' $172; C. W. Mtildrow and II. F. Bar- |jn and It Is believed that the con-
trlci forty-eight hours extension of
time In which to accept or reject the
terms of the ultimatum sent, to Es- pointed by Chairman Lynch to fur
sen last week, Berlin, adviqcp slate. Ithor tbe organiztttion. These wn-re
Negotiations aro prbceedirig In Ber as follows.
Susan B. Anthony amendment t.o-
! 'lay.
| Another effort will be made to
bring the measure to a vote In the
Lower House today hut it Is prohle-
Washington, Apr! I
oluti.iu declaring the
tween the United
many at. an end wajs I Jit reduced to
day n the house immediately after
its approval at a conference between
Republican leaders and members of
the feregln affairs committee.
The measure was referred to the
; foreign affairs committee. Repuhli
jean leaders plan to bring It up Fri
I day under a special rule with the
1 hope of final action before adjourn
j ment that day. Attention was called
•that (his would be Good Friday and
that war was declared op. Good Fri'
day three years ago.
The resolution provides for cer
tain reciprocal trading with Germany
and for repeal of the president’s wnf
power. R allows Germany 45 days
after its adoption to agree not to ua
serf any claim against the United
States which she could not have as
serted under the treaty of Versellles.
A nenalty of $10,000 Is provide,) In
ease of violation of the terms of the
It—A joint res | Albany, N. Y„ Aprh 1
st|ie of war be ; j H , members of the N^^PPT State
pates and Ger-' assembly were expolled early today
after a debate which continued all
night and wa s crammed with
oratory.
Separate votes were taken tor each
of the expelled members but forty-
votes was the maximum number nuid*
tored in defense of any of them. The
vote to expel ranged from a bundled,
and four to a hundred and sixteen.
Albany, April 1.—Theodore Roose
velt, Jr., was among those voting
against tho expulsion. The men Ldul£,
Waldman, August jClaessens, Sam
uel A. DeWItt, Charles Solomon an<
Samuel Orr were charged with W
loyalty and the action of the aaMIO*
hly marks a precedent as the llrnt
time in history that nil members hf
a party have been expelled from •'
legislative body.
mafleal if it will he called up, as j resolution as to trading.
I friends of the measure hesitated to
Two stock subscription . tvnnunit
some man who probably knows | g a n, $141; already pledged. $240-To- ( fitet in the Ruhr valley will he set- —ii rf t F H Han tel, II A Smith,
^at hanpened to Edwin White after tal $042.
walked away from nome ten days
[go, never to he seen again.
Was Edwin Whi'e murdered and
1,500 Invitations
1,500 personal
will be sent out. through the mailing
tied without further hostilities.
a, !«». 1.50., BAKERS IOIN THE
Ih bGily hhiilon? Cr did ho taku his , list of t>5 , i Chambe rof Ooinmoivo, toj
JiaT <*i
RANKS OF STRIKERS
,1 M OT.-owd :' second J C llendall, .1
M Lawton, J G Plowden. •
S : le Committee—W J Wilkins,
Jake Bet ger. and Howaj-d Cannon.
bring it to a test because
cess was uncertain.
its sue
GREAT FIRE IN
COLUMBUS, OHIO
1
Icorpora lion- H W Aldtivnuin, OESTRUCTIOr! !N WHOLESALE
M. Lawtnn, R K Rutledge. * DISTRICT OF HALF A IrilL-
,‘The stock subscription com mil
, HVs were eaHed to meet this n.orn
.. ii/Tg aj ’• lo o'clock, when flioy started
ntrouftil the city selling 4hft stock.
LION DOLLARS.
NORFOLK
FACES
& WESTERN RAILWAY
A SERIOUS TIE-UP
n life by jumping into the river? IndivIduaT citizens to attend the ban) -
bo was milli’ereil, where Is his ,,,,,,.1. However, evpfifhile is Invited. THE TRADES UNIONS PROTEST. y , fu>w
dy and who was his slayer? If he The committee expaPts the loyal citi-■ AGAINST ACTION OF KING kv»' ’ v
imped or fell into the river, what has zrns of Florenee will manifest their CHRISTIAN,
acorn4*of Hit’s body? Possibly the interest in her welfare by their pres , W* ^ Columbus, O . April I.—A spectaeu- Winston Salem, N. C„ April 1—
offioors ot tho law will he able tojence at tbe dinner, when and whet Copenhagen, 1. — The first the city selling 4he stiiclc. j Rr fire in the wholesale district de- Norfolk & Western shop men and car
solve these questions, lor possibly ever it is held. move towards putting into effect the r, ,1P ^ ernntnlttee will eoiwider the stroyed four bulhllngs with serious inspectors C/day joined. the. clerks
only time will toll | J B. Aiken was appointed chair-! jegeral stj-ike ordered 1« tlmrj||dett vartens - ac-cptablc _ and v : Reid-; WlliriitYriiWTninrTf^Kt ’'tn 'aymf»at*Tiy
The article beiow is taken from Jbe umn commtrtec, wlijiii* he. yUU uhikms 4n protest ngtrinst ^ nfl ' ^mcJi may ffl hafr ft million dollars.
KayottorUle Obitntoi = • Iname.-omhvltatiohH: ' ' - of King Christian to reinstate tbe dis ^ P^wmod to a general meeting of
Detectives Hewlett JlRbf' Merchants to Close tnissed Zahle ministry, appears ll "’ atockholders of the corporation,
urned t 0 the city from Contehefyl in a ll probability the merchants of,|, aV e been taken by the bakers vilfc Tip* ' committee on Incoritoratlon.
Mari'ft, 8. C„ after succeeding Florence will he invited to close their p^gan walking out here today. ' 1 with. Mr. Lynch us attorney, proceed
Unftbg in jail two negroes onLstores hte afternoon of the banquet > *|ed ilfls morning to
ibableJfhiiarges of murdering Ed-|nnd turn their delivery cars hito spe- pj |]MnTT.P'K'PQ RTTRV ‘,f^he company,
Florence storage V
party. -
‘ 1 § Packing 1 and BHtHng
SEIZE VALUABLE STORES UNDER ' Addressing the mealing us an ex
9 an aged ;
;te tamer living (J
j/eg last Friday a wek ago.
f* Seymour Swinton vind John Sim-
/),ions are the negroes now in Jail and
' the arrest of probably one or twoj
and respected cial passenger service for the occa
inr tho former 1 son. This will afford both employers
and employes opportunity to attend
and guarantee everyone a means of
reaching the banquet.
Stock subscription cards will he
PLUNDERERS BUSY
IN RUHJfr-VALLEY 1
SEVEN HUNDRED
JAPS ARE KILLED
»ply for charter —
iy-the style of WORSTED IN TWO DAY BATTLE
Mouse Com I WITH BOLSHEVIK! FORCES.
RAILWAY STRIKE
SEEMS CERTAIN
with /he st: Ike *of tho clerks In the
main office at Roanoke.
GUISE OF REQUISITION.
ohaitiy one or iwO' mock suascription earns will 00
.more Is expected. printed for use at the banquet. Amsterdam. April 1.—Plumferlng
It will be recalled that Edwin Tho commute on arrangements | under tl , e of reflll |^ t!on8 t3 tpo
White left his home during the rain I will designate the time and place ori j er ()f t j m in pans of ( ] u> RH | )r
walking down the roatV r to meet his contingent upon ^fl)«L Governor | va |i oyi advices hero state.
\b Flot\nce. Re-, disintegration
tobacco man, M Cannon sag
tUii
Honolulu. April 1.—Seven hundred
Japanese troops and civilians were
! killed in a two day battle with Rus
ted the prize bouse should lie con
slan Bolshevik forces at Nlkolaevalc,
P
led "and' arranged* wT that U mnv'f U) 7j n ’ a l ocor<,ing t0 Tokl ° dih ^ h ^
utilized both for oacklrta tobacco V?... th .« newspaper. Nippu
utilized both for Ti t '-'hlrtg tobacco. .j..,. ,
> for ktorlng bther commodities, 1
brother at the school house about Cooper may come tz* Flor
three quarters of a mile from his cause Mr. Aiken,tiecossarify, wfil be ] ar “'y‘and" a'lack oY aisclplinTTn
m
house to place a tombstone over a called out of tho city over tjhe ^i-eek (
grave. Mr. White’s sister last saw end. Mr. Lynch was asked to take up
him when he passed around the bend^/lth the ladies their part In the pro-
in'the road on his way to meet his gta:n. The committee adjourned to
brother. Threatening letters had ( meet Monday gfternooff: ftt 5 o’clock.
been receivAd by the missing mam /
during the month of November of Returns From California
last year. Chief Hewlett went down v
to Centenary to assist the officers in
rounding up the parties responsible
for the man’s ffltlrflsr, if one hud Mr. H- E - Goeritz, who has been
been conimitteed. On his arrival there spending several months in Callfor-
he discovered that some time ago a nia. his former home, has returned
Improved In Health
ing to
allon.
of the Communist:
)f disci]
the seriousness of the situ
nttoning papficularly oott^n. Con
is us o f 'opjts'on appeared to favor
. “^ Air.
(inr ar
Audience Was Pleased
belonging to John Simmons, a
had teen burned on the farm
White. Letters written byt
'nonymous person were secured
fe handwriting compared with
Ihecks a tthe bank as well as
postoffice and Seymour Swin
ton was placed under arrest. After
a severe grilling at the courthouse he
confessed he wrote the letters with
the assistance ot John Simmons, who
was later arrested. The two negroes
were carried to Marion and placed In
jail.
Assisted by Sheriff John V. Rowell
and two deputies of Marion county
Chief Hewlett mafle a thorough
search of the country about the farm
without finding any trace of the
body. Fully a thousand persons join
ed In the search of the woods. A
large lukeat Centenary has been
gone MMg^feveral times ahd will be
dragged later. Pee Dee river is near
by and some of the officers are
to the city much improved in health. |
While in California, Mr. Goeritz re
ceived a letter > from his sister in.
Germany, the first news he had been
abi/ to hear from there in 3 years,
and he was naturally much delight
ed. Today, however, he received
.mother letter stating that she was
quite ill. In the past few weeks Mr.J
Goeritz has shipped a quantity of |
provisions to his old home In Ger
many, reports having bee
well established that food was
and very high priced there
The Coker College
the attraction at the
last night. The entertaining
declared by those who att
above the average, and the^
was delighted with the ent
gram. The glee club left
ing for Lumberton,
dies were the guests of
entines yesterday and erijo)
visit to this city.
'(.'niHioti also, stressed the ||
rangemiHits are ver
WsA Smith
Hfr.rxVTroni relhiM
Looting Of Freight
Trains Unchecked
Vienna. April 1,—Looting of freight
• fie 1ul,h,r v trahis particularly of foodstuffs and
pally, fnlght bq 4’
e Glee Cldb was the Atlantic,
ihe Opera afpugft uifUr. w hlcfi it
nter(alnm«$' wae^vc-y u tirafiJ
jrn-
.la-
Nc
U'Gieir
ery at
‘unde;
9. w!ntjipp|ui
r<J ' site’on Iff liiy!
able to * ho pf
then lease it/
valuatjoa M "It
as the
fttStfimcure
1*^ railrbj
rihle*
t an a^pfliisal
ihijaiht he fid'...
woufte
ft) per- jfon tffecci
1 wearing apparel goes on unchecked
' throughout Austria. Unless convov-
,^|ed. it is said, a shipment stands lit-
^Le chance of coming through intact.
C/The robbers seem well organized and
armed and often so numerous as to
resist arrest.
Gift cargoes from other European
apeiJL the favorite plttmier and,
r ng to 1 report," much of the
Drives Composer Mad
Piano in
Boarding House
Victor Herbert.
Annoys
New York. Aprif 1.—Musio hath
’teto years. |stolen' goods has been found for sale
Busy 61? Project ’’ jin the op An market.
MnVjBerger • hhbAuncedmalte'lw' A lai ’ 1 * ( ’onsiBnnient of this chant
had’,written to gll of*the h4ft tobacco ter fro p’ Sweden arrived this week
corn panful trad lug: hr this section si mi J tl HL ^ htMthe wettwranged food par
fequer^d fala and other
tit how mucI/ stiSe,’tbeiy^lRuld do- was found that
I sire ifi'^toi^yS^a-.-Jpze hous fa> and flour ha(l
land llpi- re
pay He. ey
S Mey Would expect
Is repHbs very t soa
Gen. R. D. Simms
Takes Own Life
Htn pretty eharms for beasts and mortals, but whl Vi/ he hopes ^.wiH be able
iv-is u(.-ir<>*> not lo>' Victor Herbert, who makes it,,■ . 7.
r Mrs. Herbert today revealed to Mag-'' P C 8 f^ S
set- in tho West Side/' ^ PI^ Natf ot Stoc\ ^ /
V/ \Ylten Jh^fm-eting atlftnitneA' yes-
ser’s wife ftppwiled to hft^66n. /.vlrtu^'^if 0 f
e for a summons toK l.a.OOO worth -m stock had ,het‘ji
tT'Placed.* XJ - n t. -.-j— - -
skillfully removed from each
»ckage and. a sack of Austrian salt
teubstitutod to make up the requisite
BODY FOUND HANGING TO TREE
ON ASHEVILLE ROAD.
Ashevjyfle. N. C.. April 1.—County ’ l . ,ined ; kee h P the piano R,,ing
istrate
court.
The composer
the magistrate .1
Mrs. Turner, a boarding house k^^ep-. Mr. R. K. Rutledge re^d a
er, who resides next door to the Her l* 8 .! of subscriptions which had been
berts. According to Mrs. Herbert made at the dinner of the’ btiffpe^a
several young women, musically lu*, niwn Tjjfesday evening^ This list to
»oing iu that lalyd $10,^60, In ai
iddjtlop to this, Mi
or authorities reported last night that boimlin * , ho . U8ft from ntornlng till Catymn announced he wottld
weight.
.IT
Bolsheviki Conduct
A Stroi^ Campaign
' 'Against America
Roanoke, Va., April 1—A Heap of
passenger Mtvlce on the Norfolk and
Western rni’.way prcmptJy at 4 o’-
doi-k Friday afternoon Is threatened
by members of the Brotherhood ot
Trainmen U the company does not
by that time "relieve unsafe condl
lions,” which the trainmen claim
have arisen on the railroad as a re
suit of the st'lke of railway clerks.
Albany, April 1.—Expulsion of th*
five Socialist. Assemblymen, August
riaessens and laiuis Waldman
Yoik. Charles Roloman of Kings 1
Samuel A. Dewitt and Samuel
the Bronx was recommended ip the
majority report to tho Assembly bjT
Its Judiciary Committee. The recoai*
mendatlon was made on the grouQd
that the Socialist Assemblymen were
disloyal to the government ot tte
United States and tne state of He#
York, afiillated wRh the Socialist
Party of America, “a disloyal organ!- .1
zation, composed exclusively of &&''
petual traitors” and intent upon?tteY
overthrow of the government by foree
and violence.
' The majority report also recoai*
mended the enactment of laws ‘
cal party in this state, • ? •
The signatures of sevetf ot the
teen members of the Judiciary
mil tee were affixed to the majortt
port, five other members, filing
separate reports, recommended
seating of thp Socialists <& the
that the Assembly lacked 1«
thorlty to disqualify them.
charges that had be
Ian McPherson
Gives Up Office
London, April 1.—The Globe says
Ian MarPherson, chief secretary fot
Ireland, has resigned and will be sue
ceeded by Sir Humar Greenwood, un
dor secretary of Home Affairs.
Five Children And
Their Mother Murdered
Elk City, Okla., April 1.—Five chil
dren and their mother, Mrs. Elmer
Cowart, were found dead with their
throats cut and the heads crushed
In a tent in which they lived near
here yesterday. A blofidy ax and a
razor were found near by.
Scarlet Fever Here
There are two or three cases ot
scarlet tever in town. The cases are
all quarantined and tinder the super
vision of the health department who
will exercise every precaution to
check the disease and stamp It out
right now.
effort to place the burning of the where it had been found hanging
Simmons home on Mr. White and the some hourslaftejlllije was extinct. Gen.
1 threatening letters resulted in the Simms’ horse was found nearby and
hope of causing tho community to.^'-chG 8 said he had apparently rid
PLANT GARDENS ,
ON tACANT LOTS
place the blame also on White.
AN OLD REBEL
VISITS FLORENCE
d<>n under the tree, knotted the tope
around his neck, tied the other end
Vacant city lots wottld not be of
much value for growing com or
in price, based on an appraisal, pay
able In stock in t!\ new company.
The meeting adjourned to convene
at the call of tho chair
Bond For Mrs. Innes
FORMAL APPROVAL NOT YET AN-
. NOUNCED.
The Hague. April 1.—The Bolshe
vlly are yuducting a strong cam-i Macon, Ga„ April 1.—A bond for
paign against America, England and the release of Mrs. Ida Innes was
France bv tho skillful use of huge received here last night from Port-
take propaganda posters in Moscow, says j land, Ore. Assistant District Attorney
would
States
to-
some
to a limb and then spurred his horse Hut these valuable pieces ot
out. from under .Ilfrn At »h» dirt are often just the’ place for
Mr. L: H. Hoyt, of Danborry, Conn.,
stopped over in Florenc.6 a few flays
ago from his winter home in Florida
out from under ihim. At the sani
L'Hum officials in charge wonld say
growlrR a good vegetable garden.
FOREST FIRES
IN CUMBERLAND
OAK GROVE C|
HOLDS
INTERESTING AND
MEETING HELD
6TRATION
The ladles of the
st rat Ion Club held M inter
instructive meeting at thffj
school house last Friday/
the guest. Miss South, who j
agent also jdlss PU
lar and belrtted topuUty ag
M(SR Snell the newly select
vorv efficient county home. *
The subject for the' afternoon waft
Mai-Nut,-ition, and the, imst thing on
the protrsm was a weighing and
measuring of the baftles of th*
neighborhood. A general discussion
was entered, into and j| was a te-
marknMo i'acT"'tha rthe hAbh* 8 of tbt# ,1
section measured up well and wet# K
In most «a:es almost perfect speci
mens. Y *
An Interesting and highly iflstlllfr-
live talk was made by Miss South
on Mal-Nutrltion. Tbe talk will long
linger in the minds of the mother*
nresent and the instruction given
will be of great benefit to all who
oard her instructive lecture.
The ladies g&Ve Mias 8outh an OT-
^nt invitation to visit the club again
and sho consented to do so.
M'ss Plow,den gave a short talk on
the Home Garden which Was very ip*
■uructive alter which she distributed
pamphlets which will kid' the club
members materially in their garden
work.
The meeting was one of the best
ever held by the club. The next reg A-
rlar meeting will he the fourth Fri» ;
day In April for which another very
interesting program is being arra®fr
ed. j |
standpoint in the designs of wheih
he saw many In the railway stations.
“Thin poster campaign is certainly
doubt u s to the regularity of the
bond.
Mrs. Innes is in jail here charged
a very clever piece of work.” tie win, using the tpails to defraud the
writes. "Both the educated and nn-1 Helms sisters, fgg 'whose disappear-
lettered classes are struck by them, ar.ee in Texas sho and her husband
Ihe first by the wrlt?hg beneath, tho wre tried and acquitted of the
second by the drawings themselves.; charge of murder. Later she and. her
The campSign was directed along husband were convicted of the
only that the body had been flbund at ot l be best home gardens have p| ^^) ES CREEP UP AND DESTROY !fi»ee great lines: First, to cultivate charge of larceny from the missing
tlUJ 1 OcllUide h«f»n crrfivvn vj»4»fint lnt« thnt wnvs w i nv^r ^ _ - , I r ^
Washington, April 1—Brig.
been grown on vacant lots that was
not much more than a stone pile to ,
Gen. begin with. In one case enough old 1
foundation stones were removed to
VALUABLE HOTEL
PROPERTY.
for the purpose of visiting the 0,(1 death was huil'il^a 'w^ir alone Vhc" two cxnosed Cumberland, Md.. April 1.—Fires
imprisoned A ! ,1 ^! ne ’ wa8 a na 'i sides of tiie lot exposed from b:|rn|nK brugh and leaves de*
Blockade, where he was .... r „
for five months during the last days Ijvft'of Washington. For many years
of the rivll War I he was P' lrcha9ll ‘B for the Dis-
The old gentleman is now 87 years trief of Cclumbla, resigning In 1905
obi and has made quite n success in »<* become treasurer of the Capital
Robert Schofield, formerly of Flor
ence but now of Lake City, is in tho
life and was'indeed glad to beh*re j feaetion Company. Joining the Dis- Florence Infirmary where ho has un
for a few hours He tells many fn- trict National Guard in 1888 ps a pri- 1 dergone an operation for append!
terestinv storlaa of the stockade life.| vat e. he xvas promoted until he reach^eit Is. He is getting on nkmly ai
Lnd H 5 souvenler of his visit to the • Hte rank of brigadier general In , hopes to be able to leave the InfiYt
/.lit wnIkfni' sticks W’ served as caplin in the ary in ahout two weeks.
Revolution Breaks
Out In Turkey
^rhV curvio w.lkln« Mldfi I '•"™- AP'" iTTr^olunon lm»
ch ho carried home with him. He -l un - • '• Genttali - — - - broken out all over Turkey except in
promised to visit Florence agahi Simms was prominent hoc ally amt! Ft Is not generally known that a Constantinople. Pester Lloyd, of Bud
it winter when on his v<ay South a member of several dubs He ^ m.r.ben, wiien sitting, turns her eggs en- peat. says, according to a Basle dIs-
aoma time in\the city, j vi Y e fl b y a wite auiJ oue daughter, jtlrelj around once u day. . , patch to tho Fournier agency here
hatred, loathing and fear for such, wt met
men as Kolcliak and Donikine. sec-,
ond. to bqged hatred of the Entente. | £ representative of the attorney
especially against the capitalistic tri ijoneral's office will probably aocom
urr.virate, France, England and Amor! p any the legislative .Commission
stroyed the Assembly (House. a sum- i 00 —never Japan. Italy, the Poles or w heu u b vgins its lA)’estigation of
mer hotel, and six other structures Czechoslovaks—but always this tri- a[falrs stat^ reformaVny a‘
at Mountain Luke Park. umvlrate. pictured as the hourgeolse i ploron( . e The ,.ommIsslon, heatfed
, parasiting u\0P Ihe proletariat; and. | by Sf , nHtor Thonias n . Poar ^ of ro
third, to prevent desertion among 'tm) |um|iia wl „ prt.hahly go to Florence
r-'*d soldiers.
THE WEATHER
For South Carolina -
Showers anti thunderstorms to
night. Friday warmer iu interior.
Fresh sou’b winds.
within the next few day h to start
•what will probably develop Into an
importal't investigation.
A cointnlsAlou qAtwo senators and
two int*mh(*rs otf 4ne house of ropre
sentatlves wafi named by the incent
| leglslataru to make the investigation
CARMEN STRIKE *<
IN SPARTANBURG
TROUBLE AGAIN^ AHI8E6 rtt*
TWEEN OFTiCIALScAT BTBtlT
^R WORKS
Spartanbnfc, April 1—Sp^r
burg will he Irlthout^street t
vice tomorrow Vis a rdmlt of a
■ailed tonight hy mepihera of
•al street car ^nen’a union. AH
llscrimlnatlon gainst. union
>es t>y the Sainb Carolina
Power and Railway Company,
itinp the street car system, <
dgwod as tho chief grievance.
toH in workf'ig conditions
•reaseil wages are also -flor
There are '13 union and -about
union men employed hy th«!
'■(Mtipany. A strike last «un
uilted in concessions and
•reases t.o Die emptoyote,
inion claims the company
’tept its ajrcement,